Video catches monkey jumping out at shocked Texas cop

Updated 12:10 pm, Friday, June 21, 2013

Law-enforcement officers are trained to take their jobs seriously, but an Aransas Pass rookie cop found himself monkeying around during a traffic stop - literally.

Officer Keith Moore pulled over a motorist Wednesday for a traffic violation and wrote him a citation. As he was handing it to the motorist to sign, a surprise back-seat passenger - a monkey - lunged forward and bit the officer on his hand.

The officer jumped back in shock and walked over to his patrol car to tell his sergeant what happened. The bizarre incident was captured on Moore's video cam.